Lamar County, Mississippi (MS)

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County population in 2005: 44,616 (32% urban, 68% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 10,912
Renter-occupied apartments: 3,484

% of renters here:	24%
State:	28%

Land area: 497 sq. mi.
Water area: 3.4 sq. mi.

Population density: 90 people per square mile

(average).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	13.3%
Whole state:	19.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	5.0%
Whole state:	9.1%

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (25.1%), Retail trade (13.7%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 76%
Government: 16%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 7%
Unpaid family work: 0%

Lamar County, Mississippi business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Lamar County, Mississippi:

White Non-Hispanic (84.7%)
Black (12.9%)
Hispanic (1.1%)
Two or more races (0.6%)

Median resident age:	32.6 years
Mississippi median age:	33.8 years

Males: 18,856	(48.3%)
Females: 20,214	(51.7%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $23,345
County population in 2003: 41,948
Jobs in 2003: 14,989

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Total labor force in 2004: 21,227
Unemployment rate in 2004: 4.1%

Average household size:

Lamar County:	2.7 people
Mississippi:	2.6 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $39,559 ($37,628 in 2000)

This county	$39,559
Mississippi:	$32,938

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $118,873

Lamar County	$118,873
Mississippi:	$82,700

Median montly rent in 2000: $523
Institutionalized population: 323
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Lamar County in 2000: $863

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

Murders: 1
Rapes: 15
Robberies: 7
Assaults: 17
Burglaries: 261
Thefts: 388
Auto thefts: 29

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

Murders: 0
Rapes: 21
Robberies: 2
Assaults: 14
Burglaries: 231
Thefts: 397
Auto thefts: 52

Lamar County races chart

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $483 (0.5%)

Area name: Hattiesburg, MS MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Lamar County is $444 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $528 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $769 a month.

Cities in this county include: West Hattiesburg, Lumberton, Purvis, Sumrall.

Neighboring counties: Covington County , Forrest County , Jefferson Davis County , Marion County , Pearl River County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Lamar County: Black Creek Refinery (A), Tatums Camps (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Lamar County include: Rocky Branch Church (A), Richburg Baptist Church (B), Burnt Bridge Church (C), Calvary Church (D), Caney Church (E), Central Church (F), Pleasant Home Church (G), Church of the Lord Jesus Christ (H), Clear Branch Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Coal Town Cemetery (1), Seneca Cemetery (2), King Cemetery (3), Old Rocky Branch Cemetery (4), Samuel Slade Cemetery (5), Baxterville Cemetery (6), Bay Creek Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoirs: Mossy Pond (A), Beaver Lake (B), Hennington Lake (C), Cole Lake (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Burnt Reed Brake (A), Bushy Prong (B), Spice Pond Creek (C), Camerons Reed Brake (D), Caney Branch (E), Big Branch (F), Carters Reed Brake (G), Allens Reed Brake (H), Sweatmans Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Park in Lamar County: Little Black Creek Water Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	4.3%
Mississippi:	6.1%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 2,681
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 83.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 26.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 424 (58% naturalized citizens)

Lamar County:	1.1%
Whole state:	1.4%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 90
1990 to 1994: 82
1985 to 1989: 50
1980 to 1984: 27
1975 to 1979: 55
1970 to 1974: 0
1970 to 1974: 58
1965 to 1969: 62

Mean travel time to work: 25.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 39.7%

Lamar County marital status for males

Lamar County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 10,812
One, attached: 166
Two: 381
3 or 4: 425
5 to 9: 560
10 to 19: 215
20 or more: 374
Mobile homes: 2,456
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 44

Housing units in Lamar County with a mortgage: 5,213 (565 second mortgage, 292 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,501

Agriculture in Lamar County
Average size of farms: 133 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $49430
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $224.33
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 1.95%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 92.93%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $37659
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 11.74%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $31932
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 96.11%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 24.50
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.76%
Corn for grain: 405 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 180 harvested acres
Vegetables: 323 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 729 acres

Lamar County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly below Mississippi state average. It is 2.2 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 38 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 2/20/1954, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 10 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Construction (14%)
Educational services (6%)
Health care (6%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Public administration (4%)
Mining (3%)
Finance and insurance (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (21%)
Educational services (16%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
Public administration (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)

Most common occupations for females

Registered nurses (7%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Vietnam (18%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (17%)
Germany (8%)
United Kingdom (7%)
Philippines (7%)
India (6%)
Canada (6%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Lamar County:

United States or American (34%)
English (11%)
Irish (9%)
German (7%)
Scotch-Irish (3%)
French (except Basque) (3%)
Scottish (2%)

Lamar County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 15,104 (84%)
Carpooled: 1,926 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 70 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 8 (0%)
Taxi: 21 (0%)
Motorcycle: 17 (0%)
Walked: 195 (1%)
Other means: 163 (1%)
Worked at home: 463 (3%)

People in group quarters in Lamar County, Mississippi

135 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
120 people in nursing homes
91 people in other group homes
68 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
30 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
10 people in homes for the mentally ill
10 people in homes for the mentally retarded

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $54,749.

13.89% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($39,989 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	13.89%
Mississippi average:	7.82%

0.12% of residents moved from foreign countries ($379 average AGI)
Lamar County: 0.12%
Mississippi average: 0.09%

9.37% relocated from other counties in Mississippi ($25,327 average AGI)
4.40% relocated from other states ($14,284 average AGI)
Lamar County: 4.40%
Mississippi average: 3.40%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Forrest County, MS	4.05% ($32,317 average AGI)
from Harrison County, MS	0.67% ($38,092)
from Marion County, MS	0.41% ($31,400)
from Jones County, MS	0.39% ($52,053)
from Pearl River County, MS	0.39% ($108,368)
from Hinds County, MS	0.32% ($40,457)
from Rankin County, MS	0.29% ($38,167)

11.54% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($38,431 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	11.54%
Mississippi average:	8.35%

0.07% of residents moved to foreign countries ($111 average AGI)
Lamar County: 0.07%
Mississippi average: 0.08%

7.45% relocated to other counties in Mississippi ($22,892 average AGI)
4.01% relocated to other states ($15,428 average AGI)
Lamar County: 4.01%
Mississippi average: 3.96%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Forrest County, MS	3.73% ($33,565 average AGI)
to Marion County, MS	0.45% ($26,703)
to Jones County, MS	0.33% ($37,064)
to Pearl River County, MS	0.31% ($38,091)
to Rankin County, MS	0.25% ($30,278)
to Covington County, MS	0.23% ($32,531)
to Harrison County, MS	0.19% ($30,444)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 15.5

Births per 1000 population in Lamar County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 7.4

Deaths per 1000 population in Lamar County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 8.8

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Lamar County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 4,083 (3,123 aged, 960 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Household type by relationship

Households: 38,632

In family households: 33,993 (8,582 male householders, 2,135 female householders)
8,753 spouses, 12,514 children (11,320 natural, 345 adopted, 849 stepchildren), 752 grandchildren, 247 brothers or sisters, 120 parents, 458 other relatives, 432 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 4,639 (1,604 male householders (1,226 living alone)), 2,037 female householders (1,730 living alone)), 998 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 438 (214 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 4,194 2-persons, 2,690 3-persons, 2,363 4-persons, 1,025 5-persons, 305 6-persons, 140 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,956 1-person, 495 2-persons, 139 3-persons, 31 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 12 6-persons.

7,901 married couples with children.
2,075 single-parent households (389 men, 1,686 women).

96.7% of residents of Lamar County speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $123,661,000 ($2858 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $4,288,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $68,574,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $29,939,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $765,000
Federal grants: $20,894,000
Federal procurement contracts: $673,000 ($11,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,815,000 ($16,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,067,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $19,059,000
Federal Government insurance: $11,901,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 3,413

Here:	76 per 1000 residents
State:	78 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 1,544

Here:	35 per 1000 residents
State:	51 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +53

Here:	+1 per 1000 residents
State:	+4 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: +3,688

Here:	+83 per 1000 residents
State:	-4 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Lamar County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 4.61 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.0
State:	5.7

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.3
State:	4.3

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 686
1995 to 1998: 2,966
1990 to 1994: 1,985
1980 to 1989: 3,283
1970 to 1979: 3,022
1960 to 1969: 1,354
1950 to 1959: 914
1940 to 1949: 537
1939 or earlier: 686

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Lamar County, Mississippi:

1 room: 8
2 rooms: 109
3 rooms: 361
4 rooms: 1,029
5 rooms: 2,563
6 rooms: 2,744
7 rooms: 1,923
8 rooms: 1,073
9 or more rooms: 1,102

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lamar County, Mississippi:

1 room: 86
2 rooms: 148
3 rooms: 470
4 rooms: 1,240
5 rooms: 776
6 rooms: 464
7 rooms: 206
8 rooms: 69
9 or more rooms: 25

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Lamar County:

no bedroom: 54
1 bedroom: 192
2 bedrooms: 1,668
3 bedrooms: 6,173
4 bedrooms: 2,516
5 or more bedrooms: 309

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lamar County:

no bedroom: 91
1 bedroom: 501
2 bedrooms: 1,652
3 bedrooms: 1,051
4 bedrooms: 189
5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Lamar County in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 349
1 vehicle: 2,679
2 vehicles: 5,116
3 vehicles: 2,018
4 vehicles: 502
5 or more vehicles: 248

Cars and other vehicles available in Lamar County in renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 311
1 vehicle: 1,547
2 vehicles: 1,335
3 vehicles: 245
4 vehicles: 32
5 or more vehicles: 14

51% of Lamar County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Mississippi.

Lamar County:	51.4%
State average:	59.0%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 28156
Northeast: 544
Midwest: 1551
South: 7362
West: 814

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Electricity (57%)
Utility gas (22%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
Wood (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Electricity (71%)
Utility gas (20%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 472

Here:	9.2%
Mississippi:	10.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 165

Here:	6.9%
Mississippi:	10.5%

Students in private undegraduate colleges: 187

Here:	8.0%
Mississippi:	12.4%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Lamar County government finances in 2004:

Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $795,000
Charges - All Other: $465,000
Current Operations - Regular Highways: $9,190,000
Police Protection: $3,135,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $1,760,000

Financial Administration: $1,633,000

General Public Buildings: $1,039,000

Corrections - Other: $1,013,000

Parks & Recreation: $1,005,000

Solid Waste Management: $995,000

General - Other: $702,000

Central Staff Services: $693,000

Fire Protection: $675,000

Natural Resources - Other: $459,000

Libraries: $339,000

Welfare - Other: $206,000

Health Services - Other: $157,000

Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $11,000
Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $468,000
General - Interest on Debt: $1,740,000
Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Higher Education: $345,000
Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $175,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $17,575,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $12,585,000
Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $8,580,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $14,740,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $15,470,000
Long Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $2,105,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $6,425,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $1,466,000
General Revenue, NEC: $763,000
Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $897,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $6,466,000
Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $15,470,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $2,558,000
General Support: $1,196,000

All Other: $212,000
Tax - Property: $13,382,000
NEC: $976,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $3,390,000

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